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A desperate and largely unknown humanitarian crisis is deteriorating in the Lake Chad Basin region of West Africa, forcing millions of people to flee their homes and leaving millions more in need of humanitarian assistance. Oxfam is providing life-saving support but help is urgently needed to prevent the crisis turning into a catastrophe.

Since January 2015 more than 1 million women and men fleeing war, persecution, natural disasters and poverty entered or passed through Greece in search of safety and a better life. We are working in Athens, Lesvos island and the Epirus region of North-West Greece responding to the urgent needs of people arriving. Support our work.

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Every year, the gap between rich and poor gets even wider – and it’s being fuelled by the use of tax havens. Today, 62 individuals have the same wealth as the poorest half the people on our planet. It is time to bring an end to inequality. It is time to Even it up!

Two years of extended fighting has forced thousands of people to seek refuge in Nyal and the islands surrounding it. Many must regularly walk long distances alone in search of aid and food. We are assisting them to access free and safe travel by training canoe operators and distributing vouchers for transport.

For 40 years, the Quechua communities in Peru have lived with contaminated rivers, and poor health as a result of oil drilling. Teddy Guerra is leading the effort to obtain integral land rights for his community before any more concessions are given to oil companies. Read his story and sign the petition.

Millions of people are being forced to flee their homes, risking everything to escape conflict, disaster, poverty or hunger. We are working in nine of the ten top refugee source countries as well as in refugee host countries. We urgently need your help to reach people in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and in Europe.

With no end in sight to the conflict in Syria, hundreds of thousands of people are living in desperate conditions and exposed to continuing violence. Today, half the pre-conflict population of 22 million Syrians have fled their homes and more than 13.5 million people urgently need your help.

We currently have relatively low representation of females in the technical team. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering.

TEAM PURPOSE: To deliver high quality Oxfam’s humanitarian WASH and EFSVL response for South Sudanese Refugees in Gambella, Ethiopia.

JOB PURPOSE: To provide high quality technical support and quality control in management, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Oxfam’s South Sudan Refugee response programme in Gambella; Maintain and improve established systems & structures required for the effective timely implementation of quality water, sanitation...

Region: United Kingdom, Division: Campaigns, Policy & Influencing, Job Type: Fixed Term Oxfam’s vision is of a just world without poverty. A world where people feel empowered to improve their own lives, so they can in turn help others in their communities, setting in motion a chain reaction of change.

This role will be responsible for project managing Oxfam’s contributions to a joint project/collaboration with ShareAction, funded by the UK Government, to promote greater disclosure by UK companies about the quantity and quality of jobs they support. The project will mobilise institutional investors to be a force for good in improving labour standards in global corporate supply chains. It will drive increased transparency, lead to collaborative engagement on best practices, and bring perspectives from developing countries into the initiative to ensure positive change...

Region: United Kingdom, Division: Trading, Job Type: Fixed Term About the team

Based in our Surveyors' Office in Leamington Spa our Property Support Team is vital to helping ensure that Oxfam's shops throughout the country are able to stay open for business.

About the role

The role entails a variety of different responsibilities in a fast paced office environment involving telephone contact with staff, volunteers and contractors to help resolve a wide range of property related issues, many of an urgent nature. In addition there are a variety of essential administration responsibilities to undertake.

Region: United Kingdom, Division: Trading, Job Type: Fixed Term The role

There are 1000 staff and 23,000 volunteers in our Trading Division, and it will be down to you to make sure the people in your region have all the HR support and guidance they need to thrive. You’ll provide advice on a range of operational HR issues, including conduct and capability, performance management, volunteering and health & safety. You’ll also help to identify, design, deliver and evaluate learning and development interventions.

We’ll expect you to support our managers on a reactive and proactive basis, keeping them up to speed with employment legislation and our own HR policies, advising on recruitment and selection, and helping them to get the most out of their team.

Region: Middle East and Commonwealth of Independent States (MECIS), Division: International, Job Type: Fixed Term The Role

Tajikistan Water Supply and Sanitation Project (TajWSS) started in 2009 with funding from the Government of Switzerland (SDC[1]). The project goal was to contribute to the creation of an enabling environment for the sustainable provision of safe drinking water and sanitation in rural Tajikistan.

Over the time, the programme has grown and it includes projects funded by The Global Fund for Social Accountability administered by the World Bank, the Government of Finland, the European Union and the SDC with the programme portfolio worth more than USD 8 Mio at present.

The overall programme goal is that “Population in Tajikistan have improved sustainable and equitable access to safe drinking water (including multiple uses) and sanitation, and have adopted better hygiene behaviour”.

Please bring to the interview your Proof of Right to Work in the UK, such as your passport, or Birth Certificate with the names of at least one of your parents on, together with a document with your NI number on it.

Shop Manager

OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering.

TRADING PURPOSE: To make as much money as possible to overcome poverty and suffering.

Oxfam is a global movement of people who won’t live with the injustice of poverty. Together we save and rebuild lives in disasters. We help people build better lives for themselves. We speak out on the big issues that keep people poor, like inequality, discrimination against women and climate change. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can live without poverty

Job Purpose

To develop and deliver technical strategy for Oxfam’s web infrastructure, and engage with specialist IS teams (RAD, Infrastructure, Service Desk, Technical Design Authority (TDA's) and Projects) to ensure the effective support & operation of the web environment.

Oxfam with three (3) local partners (COM, RDISK and SIMCARRD) is currently implementing ‘Empowering Poor Women and Men in Building Resilient and Adaptive Communities in Mindanao, Philippines’ (Project EMBRACE) in ten (10) municipalities in the provinces of North Cotabato, Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat. Project EMBRACE is envisaged to allow poor women, men and communities to demonstrate greater ability to minimise risk from climate shocks and adapt their livelihoods based on emerging trends & uncertainty.

The project covers broad range of interrelated work on risk assessment, farm income diversification, and policy advocacy on areas of climate change adaptation and risk reduction.

This is an urgent recruitment for a high priority humanitarian response. For this reason, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and priority will be given to those who are available to travel to Nigeria immediately. Please indicate your availability in your application. Interviews and offers may take place before the closing date.

Closing Date: Tuesday 06 December 2016

Salary: Competitive Package

Contract Type: Fixed Term 3 Month Contract (extendable to 6)

Hours: Full Time

Location: Nigeria with travel to Niger and Chad

Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty and suffering. As an Oxfam employee, you will join a team of professionals that is...

Region: Middle East and Commonwealth of Independent States (MECIS), Division: International, Job Type: Fixed Term The Role

The WASH Team Leader will enable Oxfam to respond quickly to the Public Health Promotion and Engineering/Water and Sanitation requirements for internally displaced people and host communities affected by conflict, based in Taiz, Yemen.

Programmes within the MECIS region reflect Oxfam’s approach to work across the globe. We support self-reliance, not dependency, and to complement our work on the ground we strive to secure lasting change through our campaigning.

Region: Middle East and Commonwealth of Independent States (MECIS), Division: International, Job Type: Fixed Term The Role

To supervise, manage and build capacity of the team implementing the emergency food security and livelihood interventions, including market-based interventions as cash grant and cash-for-work projects. As security and access improves, the post-holder will provide support for EFSVL recovery with a resilience approach. They will collaborate closely with the MEAL team ensuring EFSVL technical backstopping.

Please bring to the interview your Proof of Right to Work in the UK, such as your passport, or a Birth Certificate with the names of at least one of your parents on it together with a document with your NI number on it.

Deputy Shop Manager

OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering.

TRADING PURPOSE: To make as much money as possible to overcome poverty and suffering.

This is an urgent recruitment for a high priority humanitarian response. For this reason, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and priority will be given to those who are available to travel to Nigeria immediately. Please indicate your availability in your application. Interviews and offers may take place before the closing date.

Closing Date: 05 December 2016

Salary: Competitive package

Contract Type: 6-months, with possible extension

Hours: Full-time

Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria. Plus travel to other field locations

Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty and suffering. As an Oxfam employee, you will join a team of professionals that is part of the international confederation of 17...

Region: Negotiable, Division: Finance & IS, Job Type: Fixed Term What we are looking for

We are looking for experienced facilitators and trainers with a passion for working with others to deliver business process improvement in our international programme. This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the way we work with others to end extreme poverty.

Successful candidates will have significant experience in developing and delivering different types of learning events (this might include facilitated workshops, face to face training, train the trainer, online, webinars etc) on business rules, ways of working and management systems to a diverse audience. They will have some knowledge of adult learning techniques, and will be confident in using a wide range of learning approaches to provide an engaging and effective learning environment for our...

Oxfam’s vision is a just world without poverty: a world in which people can influence decisions that affect their lives, enjoy their rights, and assume their responsibilities as full citizens of a world in which all human beings are valued and treated equally. Oxfam sa Pilipinas has been working in the country for over 25 years. In the Philippines, our goal is to contribute to the eradication of...

We are looking for a self motivated person; you will give support to countries in SAF (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe) responding to the El Nino crisis category 2 WASH issues. You will be based in Harare, Zimbabwe; this is a short term contract of 6 months with a possibility of extension. You must be a Zimbabwean National or holder of work permit for Zimbabwe. You must be willing to start as soon as possible and be willing to travel locally at short notice.

Please bring to the interview your Proof of Right to Work in the UK, such as your passport, or a Birth Certificate with the names of at least one of your parents on it together with a document with your NI number on it

Bookshop Manager

OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering.

TRADING PURPOSE: To make as much money as possible to overcome poverty and suffering.

Oxfam International Survey

Please help us to improve the Oxfam website! This short survey should take just a few minutes to complete. You can opt to make your responses anonymous. The survey will close on 13 March 2015 at 5 pm GMT. We'll pick one respondent at random to receive a $35 Good Books gift voucher by 31 March 2015. We value your feedback.